O'Brien to face Australia in Ireland's first World Cup game

The opening game sees current champions England take on Spain at the UCD Bowl at 2pm on Wednesday.

If England sent out a message by thrashing Spain in a 10-try 56-5 romp to raise the curtain on the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, their captain, Sarah Hunter, had an ominous warning for the other 11 nations at this year's global gathering in Ireland.

Emily Scarratt, a World Cup victor in 2014, is set to make her 70th appearance for the Red Roses off the bench, while number eight Sarah Hunter will captain the side.

Italy and the United States complete England's pool, and they should get off to a flying start at Dublin's UCD Bowl.

Cleall, who also played for Wimborne, is one of 12 players who are set to make their World Cup debuts.

Waterman, who was born in Taunton and raised in Minehead, started at full-back, which meant she was appearing at her fourth World Cup.

"Growing up in Galway, we would see the Sam Maguire, but now they can see the World Cup trophy".

England women's head coach Middleton said: "We are really happy with the way our tournament preparations have gone and the squad have worked really hard over the past number of months".

"Now it's about translating that hard work and preparation and delivering performance on the pitch". (The tournament runs on a four-year cycle but has been brought forward a year to avoid clashing with the Sevens World Cup and Commonwealth Games in 2018).

He was medically evacuated to the U.S. on a military plane the following day after serving prison in North Korea for 17 months. Lim detained in February 2015 while on a humanitarian mission in Rajin, North Korea, a family spokesperson said at the time.

HBO suffered a colossal hack earlier this month, with 1.5 terabytes of data purportedly stolen from the United States company. The network reiterated Monday that it doesn't believe that its email system as a whole has been compromised.

In contrast, she underlined that Congress had authored the freedom struggle by leading the masses against the British. The Congress supremo said: "Congress must always defend the liberty & freedom of individual and institutions".

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Jaguars' Albert reverses course on retirement
Moving Albert to the reserve/retired list - essentially pressing pause on his contract - allows the Jaguars to retain his rights. The 32-year-old Albert surprised coach Doug Marrone last week by walking into his office and saying he planned to retire.

North Korea: China demonstrates strength at Yellow sea
China also called on the US and South Korea to exercise restraint and reign in their own military exercises in the region. " North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States ", warned Trump from his golf club in Bedminster.